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Friday, October 25, 2024
Settler activists breach IDF border with Gaza, but do not enter Strip
Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
A group of settler activists breached the IDF’s security barrier on the border with the Gaza Strip overnight.
The military says the suspects entered an Israeli buffer zone, but did not enter Gazan territory amid the incident.
IDF troops dispatched to the scene detained the suspects, brought them back to Israel, and handed them over to the police, the military says.
“Approaching the barrier zone is dangerous and harms the activity of security forces in the area,” the IDF adds.
קבוצת צעירים יהודים פרצו הלילה למרחב הגבול של רצועת עזה במטרה להיכנס לרצועה. כוח צבאי קפץ למקום באמצע הלילה כדי לפנות אותם – המשטרה עצרה מספר נערים@hod_barel pic.twitter.com/J5qDd0wR0Y
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Video shows the group wearing bright orange, the color adopted by activists who protested Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza in 2005.
Pro-settlement activists have attempted several times to enter Gaza in the last year, in a bid to reclaim communities evacuated by Israel.
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